One of the schools was closed today so we had a ton of kids. Thursday is free day for the preschoolers. It was a little hectic with the extra kids. Especially since some of them, like Carlos and Junior, have no experience with structure and following rules. They are used to doing whatever they want. Therefore it is not their fault that they struggle when asked to follow directions and rules. They are more accustomed to running wild. I am encouraging Carlos and Junior to start attending the program every day in hopes that after a week or so they might have a better understanding of the rules and how to follow them. A real classroom is going to be so hard for them. But so far they only show up consistently when North Americans are around because they expect there will be special gifts.
The class is really, really good at cleaning up after free time. I told them in advance that they could play for extra time because last week they did such a great job at clean up. This week they did just as well! They put everything back in the right place and only Carlos continued to play after I said it was time to pick up. Very impressive for a class of 3-5 year olds!
I led the bible study today for the ladies from Los Pinos. It was my first time to lead a bible study. I see some things that I could do better, but I think overall it went well and we all got something from it. There was one point when I wished I were speaking in my native language because one of the ladies was off track and not understanding the verse. But Belinda helped explain and finally the lady understood.
I chose to share my favorite verse from New Living Translation: Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will in all you do. And He will show you which path to take.
There is a lot in that verse to think about. Trust. What is trust? What does it mean to trust with ALL of your heart and how does a person go about doing that? Why should we not depend on our own understanding? Why is it so easy to depend on our own understanding and sometimes difficult to seek God in those times? How can we seek His will in ALL we do? BUT, the payoff is big! If we do trust and seek He will show us which path to take! So simple, yet so difficult at the same time.
Well, the rain is here. I'll get this published before the power goes out.
I am having a hard time taking pictures since my camera broke so my blog might be light on photos for a while. For some reason I can only publish them to facebook, I can't email them to myself and download them from my phone. Here are some I published on FB today:
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| Jose chose to use his free time learning about shapes |
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| Waiting for class! |
